Still Here

[Intro – Whispered Female] It’s not love. But I’m still here. You keep the ashtray warm, I’ll bring the storm. You said we were toxic — I said, "So light the match.” Now we’re smoke, and sighs, and silence we never catch. --- [Verse 1 – Female Vocals, Soft and Sinister] Cigarette ash on silk sheets again Your cologne still clings like a second sin You said I was poison, but swallowed whole Said goodbye with your hands, but never let go A last voicemail never played — I know It's safer pretending than letting it show You wear my name in that crooked grin And I wear the fight beneath my skin You tore the dress I wore for peace I smiled and asked for a sharper piece We don’t speak — we just ignite Your lies feel softer in candlelight --- [Pre-Chorus – Male Vocals, Gritted] I don’t forgive — I relive You don’t leave — you just slip beneath We break the same way every time But still pretend we’re fine We chain our pain to bedroom posts And bleed in ways we love the most We call it passion, but it's decay And still I beg you, “Come. Stay.” --- [Chorus 1 – Both, Volatile and Beautiful] Lovers who say “this isn’t love” But keep coming back just to come undone You bruise like a secret no one sees And I bleed in ways that make you need me This isn’t healthy But we’re still here Dancing in damage Drunk on fear Tongues like razors Hands like chains We kiss like weapons And smile through pain --- [Verse 2 – Male Vocals, Bitter and Addicted] The lipstick you left on my collar on purpose You wanted her to see what I looked like worthless You play with shame like it’s foreplay now I fake regret, but I don’t know how We said “never again” with tongues in flames You gaslight me sweet, I whisper your name You laugh like thunder in a funeral dress I call it love when I should call it a mess I sleep beside you, but dream in fire You hold me down just to feel higher We carve our pain into each kiss And say “we’re fine” through clenched fists --- [Pre-Chorus – Female Vocals, Cold and Soft] You don’t want me — you just need Someone to blame when you can’t breathe We sharpen the silence between the sheets And sleep with knives beneath our peace We undress like we’re going to war And cry in the dark behind locked doors We swore this wasn’t worth the cost But here we are — never lost --- [Chorus 2 – Both, Rougher and More Raw] Lovers who say “this isn’t love” But crawl back in when the pain’s enough You pull me close with shaking hands And I press rewind just to watch us crash This isn’t healing But it feels like fate Candlelit fights At 3 a.m. — too late Nobody wins But nobody leaves We love like war With shattered beliefs --- [Bridge – Spoken Whisper, Over Instrumental Swell] You kissed me with a promise you never kept I held your soul with my teeth and wept You said “I hate you” like it meant “don’t go” So I stayed — like I always do. Slow. --- [Bridge 2 – Both, Breaking Point] (F) Your hurt feels like home now (M) Your silence still knows how (F) We tried to stop but the burn was sweet (M) And now we lie where angels weep --- [Final Chorus – Both, Quiet Explosion] Lovers who say “this isn’t love” But what else would we be made of? You’re ink in my lungs, I’m blood in your lies We die together — a thousand times This isn’t over This never was We’re just two ghosts Still calling it love Still here — still breaking Still real — still faking --- [Outro – Female Whisper, Fading] Cigarette ash on silk sheets A goodbye we never speak I haunt your mouth You haunt my spine We weren’t lovers We were the line Between stay ...and never survive.